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NBA Owners and Players Not Talking as Lockout Continues
The NBA lockout is nearly three weeks in effect, and there aren’t any meeting between owners, players or anything involving head honchos David Stern and Billy Hunter scheduled for the near future.
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Yao Ming Shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame
Yao Ming should be in the hall of fame, according to Kevin Durant, and others. Sorry, we can’t agree with that opinion. Talented, special – yes. Hall of Fame? No.
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There’s Nothing Like the NBA and its All-Star Game
Sorry NL, AL, Baseball, Home run derby and Robinson Cano fans. The MLB and its All-Star game are rather boring in comparison to the NBA.
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The End of the (Yao) Ming Dynasty
Yao Ming has hardly played any basketball these last two years and according to various sources, he’s retiring from the NBA. Not completely official, but I guess we’ll know in a couple of weeks.
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Deron Williams New Besiktas Adventure
Deron Williams is on the verge of signing for Turkish club Beskitas, which might signal the beginning of a lockout influenced mini-migration of NBA players across the Atlantic. Maybe even Kobe Bryant.
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The New and Improved NBA Lockout is Now in Effect
All roads were leading to this point, but not the owners, the players and the league did enough to stop it from happening. For the first time since 1998, the NBA has entered a lockout period and a very unknown future.
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Unless Some Miracle Happens, We’re Going to Have an NBA Lockout
No agreement on the length of the new labor deal. No agreement on the revenue sharing. There are other things as well, but despite David Stern’s fake optimism, the NBA seems on the inevitable path towards a lockout.
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An End to Pippen-Gate: Michael Jordan Better Than LeBron James
Wether he meant to or not, Scottie Pippen caused quite a stir about a month ago with his comments on LeBron James and Michael Jordan. A month later, he’s made it clear – Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time.
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2011 NBA Draft Day Trades
Lockout or no, teams were dealing before, during and right after the 2011 NBA draft. Nothing too headline-making, but still teams came up with a few interesting swaps, including Rudy Fernandez, Andre Miller, George Hill and others.
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With no Progress Made in Friday Talks, NBA Lockout Seems Inevitable
Numbers being thrown back and forth, cool T-Shirts from the players and the usual political words from David Stern. Bottom line – We don’t have a proposal, no agreement between the players and owners. The NBA Lockout is very near.